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Note 10 - Sale of 50% Membership Interest in GB Sciences Louisiana, LLC
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
GB Sciences Louisiana, LLC, Sale of Equity [Member]  
Notes to Financial Statements  
Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
10
– Sale of
50%
Membership Interest in GB Sciences Louisiana, LLC
 
On
February 12, 2018,
the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, GB Sciences Louisiana, LLC (“GBSLA"), issued members’ equity interests equal to
15%
in GBSLA to Wellcana Group, LLC (“Wellcana”) for
$3
million. Under the GBSLA operating agreement, Wellcana had an option to make additional capital contributions for the purchase of up to an additional
35%
membership interest in GBSLA, at the rate of
5%
membership interest per
$1
million contributed. To date, Wellcana has made additional cash contributions of
$7.0
million and its non-controlling interest in GBSLA increased to
49.99%.
The capital contributions have been used to fund the buildout of the Petroleum Drive facility and to pay for the operating costs of GBSLA.
 
On
November 15, 2019,
the Company entered into the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement ("MIPA") with Wellcana Plus, LLC ("Purchaser"), an affiliate of Wellcana Group, LLC. In consideration for the sale of its
50.01%
membership interest in GBSLA, the Company received the
$8,000,000
Promissory Note  ("Wellcana Note") and
may
receive up to an additional
$8,000,000
in earn-out payments.
 
The Wellcana note bears interest at a rate of
5%
per annum and payments are due beginning
June 1, 2020,
and ending
December 1, 2021.
The Company recorded a
$1,389,408
discount on the note receivable based on an imputed interest rate of
17.0%,
and the carrying amount of the note was
$6,610,592
as of
November 15, 2019:
 
Wellcana Note Receivable
 
Note Payments
 
June 1, 2020
  $
500,000
 
September 1, 2020
   
750,000
 
December 1, 2020
   
1,000,000
 
March 1, 2020
   
1,250,000
 
June 1, 2021
   
1,500,000
 
September 1, 2021
   
1,500,000
 
December 1, 2021
   
1,500,000
 
TOTAL PAYMENTS
   
8,000,000
 
DISCOUNT ON NOTE RECEIVABLE
   
(1,389,408
)
NET PRESENT VALUE
  $
6,610,592
 
 
The Company
may
also receive up to
$8,000,000
in earn-out payments under the MIPA. Earn-out payments are calculated as
25%
of the distributions made by GBSLA to Purchaser through
September 30, 2022,
and
10%
of distributions made thereafter under any extension or renewal of the relationship with LSU. The Company accounts for contingent consideration under a loss recovery approach. Under a loss recovery approach, the Company records a contingent consideration asset only to the extent of the lesser of,
1
) the amount that the non-contingent consideration received is exceeded by the net assets deconsolidated, or
2
) the amount of contingent consideration that it is probable will be received. As of the transaction date, the Company was unable to determine that it was probable that any of the contingent consideration would be received, and accordingly
no
asset was recorded for contingent consideration. Subsequent measurement of contingent consideration will be based on the guidance for gain contingencies, and any gain from contingent consideration will be recorded at the time the consideration is received.
 
Based on the foregoing assessment of the consideration received, the Company recorded a gain on deconsolidation of
$4,502,058
related to the sale of its membership interest in GBSLA, calculated as follows:
 
   
As of
 
   
November 15, 2019
 
Present value of promissory note
  $
6,610,592
 
Carrying amount of non-controlling interest
   
8,707,651
 
TOTAL
   
15,318,243
 
         
Carrying amount of assets
   
14,715,798
 
Carrying amount of liabilities
   
(3,899,613
)
Net assets deconsolidated
   
10,816,185
 
GAIN ON DECONSOLIDATION
  $
4,502,058
 
 
For all periods presented in the unaudited financial statements, the assets, liabilities, income, and cash flows of GBSLA have been reclassified to discontinued operations. The losses and cash flows from discontinued operations for the
three
and 
nine
months ended
December 31, 2019
represent activity through the close of the sale on
November 15, 2019.